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Less than a year after the first moving vans arrived, the city's largest public housing complex is now nearly devoid of life. Lincoln Park Apartments is nearly vacant, save for six families and a few staff members keeping watch over the facility along LaSalle Avenue. The Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority began moving the property's nearly 700 tenants in February. At the time, staff believed the moving process could take as long as two years. It has taken just nine months. "I think it was the buy-in from residents," HRHA Executive Director Ronald Jackson said. "They've been really helpful. ... We've just tried to work with families on an...

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Less than a year after the first moving vans arrived, the city's largest public housing complex is now nearly devoid of life.
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HAMPTON — The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is calling for the resignation of Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority Executive Director Ronald Jackson because of "concerns of racial discrimination and retaliation" reported to the...

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The Hampton branch of the NAACP will host a community forum Monday evening with Hampton Superintendent of Schools Linda Shifflette to discuss education-related issues.
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